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by Mary Campbell
Associated Press
New York—Carlos Santana talks abou
a “spiritual virus” when he sits down t<
discuss Supernatural, his new album
His mandate in making the record
he said, was to help people realize thei
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body’s heart, it rearranges the molecu
lar structure of the listener. Your hair
stands up. You get chills.”
Santana, 52, is the leader of the band
of the same name. Santana was formed
in the mid-1960s in San Francisco and
started performing there. By the time
the band performed at Woodstock in
1969, Santana had signed a contract to
record with Columbia. The band’s de
but album “Santana,” which was boost
ed by the Woodstock appearance and
positive critical response, stayed on the
U.S. charts for two years.
The band is best known for Latin
rock and has played blues, Afro
Cuban and jazz rock.
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by Rolling Stone magazine: “It’s been
too long since Carlos Santana delivered
a new studio album worthy of his awe
some gilts, and for whatever reasons, all
the high-profile attention he receives
here appears to have reinvigorated his
muse.... Other tracks, like the open
ing ‘(De Le) Yaleo,’ prove that Santana
remains supematurally graceful with
out too much help from anyone.”
Guest artists include Lauryn Hill,
Wyclef Jean, Dave Matthews, Ever
last and Eric Clapton.
“Everlast has one of my favorite
songs, ‘Put Your Lights On.’ He had a
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heart attack and they opened him up. I
The first song he wrote when he came 1
back was ‘Put Your Lights On,’” San
tana said. “Musicians always strive to
1 play music that is completely new and .
totally familiar. That’s what that song |
is.” I
The guest artists know his music, I
he said. 1
“I walked into the
studio and as soon as
Wyclef saw my face,
he wrote a song. He |
kept looking at me. I
The next thing you I
know, it’s like I’m
watching this guy
channeling. ‘Maria
Maria’ sounds like (
something I’d write.” |
He added, “If you |
listen to Supernat- I
ural, even though so
many people go in
and out, it is still one
breath. It jells to- (
gether very natural- |
ly.” l
rour years ago, Santana went to an •
analyst at the urging of his wife. 1
Something the analyst said “liber
ated” him from thinking like a victim.
“She point-blank asked me,
‘What makes you think that the whole
world wakes up to harm you every morn
ing, noon and night?’
“I did think that,” he said. “1 did
n’t realize the importance of somebody
going inside your pockets and taking out
all the garbage you ’ ve been carrying. ”
He added, “1 realized I hadn’t val
idated my existence, either. Today,
I’m comfortable in my own skin for the
first time in my life.”
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told him to work toward making music
that would get radio play and be heard
by young people. “I got my instructions,
as most people do, in dreams or medi
tations.
“Miles Davis told me the joy is in
the process, not in the attaining. The joy
that went into this CD while we were
doing it, I have already won the victo
ry, already been rewarded.
“I trusted my inner guidance. We’ll
set this up with the right engineer,
musicians and record company, and all
we have to do is be patient, gracious and
grateful.”
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“We are going to
spread, through these
songs, a spiritual virus
that brings hope and
healing and a sense of
validation for people’s
existence,” he said.
“I like to raise
people’s conscious
ness, to tap into the
individual and remind
him or her we are
multidimensional
spirits with tremen
dous possibilities and
opportunities. That
turns me on to do
that.
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urday in the USC School of Music.
Sabir Khan was born on the Dec. 4,1959, in Ratnpur,
heritage goes back to the llth century of the “MRAKASA"
linage. Sabirjee is the 33rd descendant of the legendary
dynasty, the Farukbabad Gharana, in an unbroken lineage
of tabla players.
Sabirjee received intensive training from his grandfa
ther Ustad Mask KJian and father, Ustad Keramatullah
Khan. At the age of 9, he made his tout in an unforget
table performance of tabla solo on Dec. 19,1968. in Cal
ratin' for
Among the musicians he has accompanied are: Ravi
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Parvez, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Sultan Klian, All Akbar
Kiian, Amjad Ali Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Birju Ma
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ha Gurtu, Girija Devi, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Hariprasad
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M” and '‘Every Sevenili Man is a Muslim." Sabirjee has al
so played in many music releases: 105 records in India,
65 CDs and records abroad, and 4 solo CDs abroad.
In 1984 and 1994, he organized a seven-days long
festival of Indian classical music and dance in memory of
hisfather.
He has received many awards, including "Best Tabla
Player of 1981” from the Indo American Society of Cal
cutta, "The Best Talent from India” from Darington Col
lege of Music of London, and ”Ahab-E-Tabla" from the
Rampur Music Conference in 1976 and 1991 by Swami
Haridas Sangeet Sammelan of Bombay,
Sabirjee has also canted a reputation as a composer and
singer of Glrnzal redials all over the world. He received
the title of“Ghazal King and Composer” in 1983 from In
donesia. he has been invited to perform in countries like
Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany,
Belgium, Yugoslavia, (he United States, Russia. China, Italy,
Norway, Sweden, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tai
wan, Pakistan, Bangiasdesh, Indonesia, and the Middle East
countries. H.M. V. has released UP discs and cassettes of
Ghazals composed and sung by Sabir Khan.
MayookhBhaumik was beam onNov. 14,1977, in New
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